thinkin' of class

The other day when we were talking about gender the question/ statement was raised about women's constant yearning to be like men. We said that women feel the need to be more aggressive and act according to the "male" standard but why are women trying to be like men? What is instilled in us that makes it our values? Why are women not accepted why do they have to be aggressive in the work place but then social settings being aggressive is not acceptable?

Also, when we were making the male and female boxes no one actually knew people that fit those examples, and if they did they were frowned upon. So where do these ideas come from? Aside from the media are these ideals instilled in us in the family or from the television? If a child would not watch TV would he or she still have these same visions of the female or male form?